Essential Apple Podcast 132: Down the rabbit hole with Simon & Nick…

This week there didn’t seem to be a great deal of Apple news, not so much a “quiet week that wasn’t” as a “quiet week that was”… So expecting a relatively short show Nick and I sallied forth, only to go down a rabbit hole or two and end up with a show so long it had to be cut back (and still ended up extra long – and it could have been longer believe me…) Anyway – it’s Easter next week so we will be taking a break for a week… and thus this somewhat longer than usual edition is now officially dubbed “Bumper Easter Edition”

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WORTH A CHIRP / ESSENTIAL TIPS

Byte Magazine July 1989 – Vintage Apple 360 pages of Byte Magazine – from the days when half the page count was adverts… and a lot of those double page spreads to boot (via Steven Sinofsky on Twitter) If you’re young enough to have missed it first time, find out what it used to be like, and if you are not then revel in the nostalgia

Nemo’s Hardware Store (1:12:33)

Audio Engine 512 Portable Amazon – $169 US It is in the UK store but at the extortionate rate of £599 UK – save your money and buy from the US (circa $50 US shipping and customs depost) – yes there may be extra UK customs & excise duties but they sure as hell won’t be £300 UK!!!!!!

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